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A person walks out of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
A general view shows the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
A general view shows the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Wall St sign is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
A person walks past the Nasdaq MarketSite, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Screen shows a news about stock market at the Nasdaq MarketSite, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
People walk past the Nasdaq MarketSite, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
A general view shows the Nasdaq MarketSite, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Stock prices are displayed at the Nasdaq MarketSite, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
A screen shows S&P 500 price at the Nasdaq MarketSite, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Shopkeepers wait for customers as jewelry is displayed at a jewelry shop at a gold market in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Women labourers pluck tea leaves in a tea garden on the outskirts of Guwahati, India, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
In this aerial view, trucks and containers are parked at Iraq's main port of Umm Qasr, near the city of Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jourani)
A man works on the production line at a textile manufacturer in Sao Paulo, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Store owner Kyung Sook Im cleans the floor of her shop in the Toy District of Los Angeles, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, where the majority of the merchandise is imported from China. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A man unloads sacks with goods in a gifts whole-store at Eminonu commercial area, in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A person with a shopping bag and cart walks past a grocery store in the Chinatown neighborhood, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Containers with Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation, a Taiwanese container shipping company, are stacked up at the Port of Los Angeles with the the Long Beach International Gateway Bridge seen in the background on Wednesday, April 9, 2025 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Made in China labels are shown on products in Carmel, Ind., Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Filipino Andy Chavez peddles different kinds of goods to motorists during traffic along a busy street in Quezon city, Philippines, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A vendor arranges gold jewelry in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
This image released by The LEGO Group, shows a Lego factory in Binh Duong, Vietnam. (The LEGO Group via AP)
Lego bricks are moved on conveyor belt at Lego factory in Binh Duong, Vietnam Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
Lego characters in Vietnamese traditional costumes are displayed at Lego factory in Binh Duong, Vietnam Wednesday, April, 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
A worker operates packing machines at Lego factory in Binh Duong, Vietnam Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
A worker stitches a garment at a factory run by the Bangladesh based Urmi Group in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Workers pack garments produced at a factory run by the Bangladesh based Urmi Group in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Workers are seen in an apparel factory at the Katunayake export processing zone in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
A person is reflected in a decoration of the Louis Vuitton flagship store Wednesday, April 9, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Merchant ships wait outside Haifa's port, Israel, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
New cars sit in Haifa's port, Israel, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Cranes work on stacks of containers at Bangkok Port in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
A man takes a picture with his mobile phone near electronic board displaying stock prices at the Indonesia Stock Exchange, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Motorists and office buildings are reflected on a brokerage house's window as an electronic board displays Shanghai shares trading index in the Central Business District, in Beijing, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
A man gets his Tesla vehicle charged at an electric vehicle charging station outside of a Tesla dealership, in Beijing, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
A woman covers her face with a paper as she walks by an electric vehicle charging station outside of a Tesla dealership, in Beijing, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Cranes and shipping containers are seen at a port in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Vehicles for export sit parked at a port in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
People walk by a shopping mall along the Las Vegas Strip, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
A person walks by a Dior store Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Containers are transported by trains and trucks out of the Long Beach Container Terminal in the Port of Long Beach, Calif., Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
The "OOCL Bauhinia" container ship is covered by fog as it moors at the Long Beach Container Terminal at Middle Harbor in the Port of Long Beach, Calif., Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Figurines depicting former presidents of the United States are displayed for sale at a souvenir store in Times Square, in New York, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
A woman pushes her cart with dried noodles at Chinatown in New York, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
A worker drives a forklift past shelves of Canadian spruce planks, at Shell Lumber and Hardware, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
A vendor sells fruits in downtown Los Angeles, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Containers ship MSC Agna II sails across the Bosphorus strait, on its way from Turkey's Asyaport harbor to Georgia's Poti port, in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
People walk outside an Apple Store in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Traders work on the options trading floor at the Cboe Global Markets in Chicago, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Electronic board shows currency prices at a currency exchange near Grand Central Station, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
"We Buy Gold" signs are displayed in the window of a jewelry store in Los Angeles, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A woman exits a local market in New York's Chinatown, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
People walk past a retirement advertisement from Merrill Lynch in Los Angeles Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A trader reacts as other traders work on the options trading floor at the Cboe Global Markets in Chicago, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Women are silhouetted, as they walk past a Nike signage on display outside the Nike store inside a shopping mall, in Beijing, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
A delivery worker walks by the office buildings at the Central Business District in Beijing, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Visitors rest on wobbling seats in Beijing, China, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Shoppers walk near a Nike store in Beijing, China, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
People walk in the the City of London financial district, London, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
Export vehicles are parked at Daikoku Pier in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
Stacks of containers at the Manila International Container Terminal at the Philippine capital on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Tugboats assist a container ship as it prepares to dock at the Manila International Container Terminal at the Philippine capital on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Container ship is docked at Kwai Chung Container terminal in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Apr. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
Containers pile up at Kwai Chung Container terminal in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Apr. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
Containers pile up at Kwai Chung Container terminal in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Apr. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
An employee counts rupiah banknotes at a money changer in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
An employee holds U.S dollars banknotes at a money changer in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati delivers a speech as commodity prices are displayed on the screen during an event called Economic Gathering with the President of the Republic of Indonesia, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
An Indian worker displays carpets at a factory on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Local fishermen on their boats sail past huge cranes loading containers on to ships at a port in Chennai, India, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/R. Parthibhan)
An Indian worker checks thread reels on a carpet weaving machine at a factory on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Indian workers push a cart loaded with carpets at a factory on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
A goldsmith makes gold jewelry in Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
A labourer works on the construction of a bridge in Guwahati, India, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
A customer counts dollars inside a forex shop in Guwahati, India, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Labourers work on the construction of a bridge in Guwahati, India, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
A seller attends a client at the Fener street food market, in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A trader sits on the trading floor of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in front of the display board showing the DAX stock index in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, April 8, 2025.(Arne Dedert/dpa via AP)
An Israeli shopkeeper places a price tag for his watermelon at his fruit and vegetable stall in the Machane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem, Israel, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
A cargo ship full of containers leaves the cargo terminal at the port of Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A cargo ship laden with containers leaves the cargo terminal at the port of Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Containers at the port of Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
View of the market surveillance room of the Euronext France,Tuesday, April 8, 2025 the business district of La Defense, outside Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
People stroll in the business district of La Defense, outside Paris, ,Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Factory workers operate machines to make garments at UHM Ltd. in Narayaganj, Bangladesh, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Factory workers check the garments before dispatching to their clients at UHM Ltd. in Narayaganj, Bangladesh, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Shipping containers are seen near downtown Los Angeles, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A tailor stitches a men shirt at a small factory in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
Goldsmith wait for customers at their gold jewelry shop in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Trucks arrive at Port Miami, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Commuters arrive at Wall Street station, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
A trader works on the options trading floor at the Cboe in Chicago, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Traders work on the options trading floor at the Cboe Global Markets in Chicago, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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A person walks out of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
A general view shows the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
A general view shows the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Wall St sign is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
A person walks past the Nasdaq MarketSite, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Screen shows a news about stock market at the Nasdaq MarketSite, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
People walk past the Nasdaq MarketSite, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
A general view shows the Nasdaq MarketSite, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Stock prices are displayed at the Nasdaq MarketSite, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
A screen shows S&P 500 price at the Nasdaq MarketSite, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Shopkeepers wait for customers as jewelry is displayed at a jewelry shop at a gold market in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Women labourers pluck tea leaves in a tea garden on the outskirts of Guwahati, India, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
In this aerial view, trucks and containers are parked at Iraq's main port of Umm Qasr, near the city of Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jourani)
A man works on the production line at a textile manufacturer in Sao Paulo, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Store owner Kyung Sook Im cleans the floor of her shop in the Toy District of Los Angeles, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, where the majority of the merchandise is imported from China. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A man unloads sacks with goods in a gifts whole-store at Eminonu commercial area, in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A person with a shopping bag and cart walks past a grocery store in the Chinatown neighborhood, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Containers with Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation, a Taiwanese container shipping company, are stacked up at the Port of Los Angeles with the the Long Beach International Gateway Bridge seen in the background on Wednesday, April 9, 2025 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Made in China labels are shown on products in Carmel, Ind., Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Filipino Andy Chavez peddles different kinds of goods to motorists during traffic along a busy street in Quezon city, Philippines, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A vendor arranges gold jewelry in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
This image released by The LEGO Group, shows a Lego factory in Binh Duong, Vietnam. (The LEGO Group via AP)
Lego bricks are moved on conveyor belt at Lego factory in Binh Duong, Vietnam Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
Lego characters in Vietnamese traditional costumes are displayed at Lego factory in Binh Duong, Vietnam Wednesday, April, 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
A worker operates packing machines at Lego factory in Binh Duong, Vietnam Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
A worker stitches a garment at a factory run by the Bangladesh based Urmi Group in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Workers pack garments produced at a factory run by the Bangladesh based Urmi Group in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Workers are seen in an apparel factory at the Katunayake export processing zone in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
A person is reflected in a decoration of the Louis Vuitton flagship store Wednesday, April 9, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Merchant ships wait outside Haifa's port, Israel, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
New cars sit in Haifa's port, Israel, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Cranes work on stacks of containers at Bangkok Port in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
A man takes a picture with his mobile phone near electronic board displaying stock prices at the Indonesia Stock Exchange, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Motorists and office buildings are reflected on a brokerage house's window as an electronic board displays Shanghai shares trading index in the Central Business District, in Beijing, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
A man gets his Tesla vehicle charged at an electric vehicle charging station outside of a Tesla dealership, in Beijing, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
A woman covers her face with a paper as she walks by an electric vehicle charging station outside of a Tesla dealership, in Beijing, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Cranes and shipping containers are seen at a port in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Vehicles for export sit parked at a port in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
People walk by a shopping mall along the Las Vegas Strip, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
A person walks by a Dior store Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Containers are transported by trains and trucks out of the Long Beach Container Terminal in the Port of Long Beach, Calif., Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
The "OOCL Bauhinia" container ship is covered by fog as it moors at the Long Beach Container Terminal at Middle Harbor in the Port of Long Beach, Calif., Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Figurines depicting former presidents of the United States are displayed for sale at a souvenir store in Times Square, in New York, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
A woman pushes her cart with dried noodles at Chinatown in New York, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
A worker drives a forklift past shelves of Canadian spruce planks, at Shell Lumber and Hardware, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
A vendor sells fruits in downtown Los Angeles, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Containers ship MSC Agna II sails across the Bosphorus strait, on its way from Turkey's Asyaport harbor to Georgia's Poti port, in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
People walk outside an Apple Store in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Traders work on the options trading floor at the Cboe Global Markets in Chicago, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Electronic board shows currency prices at a currency exchange near Grand Central Station, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
"We Buy Gold" signs are displayed in the window of a jewelry store in Los Angeles, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A woman exits a local market in New York's Chinatown, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
People walk past a retirement advertisement from Merrill Lynch in Los Angeles Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A trader reacts as other traders work on the options trading floor at the Cboe Global Markets in Chicago, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Women are silhouetted, as they walk past a Nike signage on display outside the Nike store inside a shopping mall, in Beijing, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
A delivery worker walks by the office buildings at the Central Business District in Beijing, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Visitors rest on wobbling seats in Beijing, China, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Shoppers walk near a Nike store in Beijing, China, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
People walk in the the City of London financial district, London, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
Export vehicles are parked at Daikoku Pier in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
Stacks of containers at the Manila International Container Terminal at the Philippine capital on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Tugboats assist a container ship as it prepares to dock at the Manila International Container Terminal at the Philippine capital on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Container ship is docked at Kwai Chung Container terminal in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Apr. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
Containers pile up at Kwai Chung Container terminal in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Apr. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
Containers pile up at Kwai Chung Container terminal in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Apr. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
An employee counts rupiah banknotes at a money changer in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
An employee holds U.S dollars banknotes at a money changer in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati delivers a speech as commodity prices are displayed on the screen during an event called Economic Gathering with the President of the Republic of Indonesia, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
An Indian worker displays carpets at a factory on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Local fishermen on their boats sail past huge cranes loading containers on to ships at a port in Chennai, India, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/R. Parthibhan)
An Indian worker checks thread reels on a carpet weaving machine at a factory on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Indian workers push a cart loaded with carpets at a factory on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
A goldsmith makes gold jewelry in Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
A labourer works on the construction of a bridge in Guwahati, India, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
A customer counts dollars inside a forex shop in Guwahati, India, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Labourers work on the construction of a bridge in Guwahati, India, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
A seller attends a client at the Fener street food market, in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A trader sits on the trading floor of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in front of the display board showing the DAX stock index in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, April 8, 2025.(Arne Dedert/dpa via AP)
An Israeli shopkeeper places a price tag for his watermelon at his fruit and vegetable stall in the Machane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem, Israel, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
A cargo ship full of containers leaves the cargo terminal at the port of Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A cargo ship laden with containers leaves the cargo terminal at the port of Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Containers at the port of Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
View of the market surveillance room of the Euronext France,Tuesday, April 8, 2025 the business district of La Defense, outside Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
People stroll in the business district of La Defense, outside Paris, ,Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Factory workers operate machines to make garments at UHM Ltd. in Narayaganj, Bangladesh, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Factory workers check the garments before dispatching to their clients at UHM Ltd. in Narayaganj, Bangladesh, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Shipping containers are seen near downtown Los Angeles, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A tailor stitches a men shirt at a small factory in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
Goldsmith wait for customers at their gold jewelry shop in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Trucks arrive at Port Miami, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Commuters arrive at Wall Street station, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
A trader works on the options trading floor at the Cboe in Chicago, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Traders work on the options trading floor at the Cboe Global Markets in Chicago, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Troops from several European countries continued to arrive in Greenland on Thursday in a show of support for Denmark as talks between representatives of Denmark, Greenland and the U.S. highlighted “fundamental disagreement” over the future of the Arctic island.
The disagreement came into starker focus Thursday, with the White House describing plans for more talks with officials from Denmark and Greenland as “technical talks on the acquisition agreement" for the U.S. to acquire Greenland.
That was a far cry from the way Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen described it as a working group that would discuss ways to work through differences between the nations.
“The group, in our view, should focus on how to address the American security concerns, while at the same time respecting the red lines of the Kingdom of Denmark,” he said Wednesday after the meeting.
Before the talks began Wednesday, Denmark announced it would increase its military presence in Greenland. Several European partners — including France, Germany, the U.K., Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands — started sending symbolic numbers of troops or promised to do so in the following days.
The troop movements were intended to portray unity among Europeans and send a signal to President Donald Trump that an American takeover of Greenland is not necessary as NATO together can safeguard the security of the Arctic region amid rising Russian and Chinese interest.
The European troops did little to dissuade Trump.
His White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said Thursday that it had no impact on the U.S. president's decision-making or goal of acquiring Greenland.
“The president has made his priority quite clear, that he wants the United States to acquire Greenland. He thinks it’s in our best national security to do that,” she said.
Rasmussen, flanked by his Greenlandic counterpart Vivian Motzfeldt, said Wednesday that a “fundamental disagreement” over Greenland remained after they met at the White House with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Rasmussen said it remains “clear that the president has this wish of conquering over Greenland” but dialogue with the U.S. would continue at a high level over the following weeks.
Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron announced Wednesday that "the first French military elements are already en route” and “others will follow,” as French authorities said about 15 soldiers from the mountain infantry unit were already in Nuuk for a military exercise.
Germany will deploy a reconnaissance team of 13 personnel to Greenland on Thursday, the Defense Ministry said.
On Thursday, Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said the intention was “to establish a more permanent military presence with a larger Danish contribution,” according to Danish broadcaster DR. He said soldiers from several NATO countries will be in Greenland on a rotation system.
Inhabitants of Greenland and Denmark reacted with anxiety but also some relief that negotiations with the U.S. would go on and European support was becoming visible.
Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen welcomed the continuation of “dialogue and diplomacy.”
“Greenland is not for sale,” he said Thursday. “Greenland does not want to be owned by the United States. Greenland does not want to be governed from the United States. Greenland does not want to be part of the United States.”
In Greenland’s capital, Nuuk, local residents told The Associated Press they were glad the first meeting between Greenlandic, Danish and American officials had taken place but suggested it left more questions than answers.
Several people said they viewed Denmark’s decision to send more troops, and promises of support from other NATO allies, as protection against possible U.S. military action. But European military officials have not suggested the goal is to deter a U.S. move against the island.
Maya Martinsen, 21, said it was “comforting to know that the Nordic countries are sending reinforcements” because Greenland is a part of Denmark and NATO.
The dispute, she said, is not about “national security” but rather about “the oils and minerals that we have that are untouched.”
On Wednesday, Poulsen announced a stepped-up military presence in the Arctic “in close cooperation with our allies,” calling it a necessity in a security environment in which “no one can predict what will happen tomorrow.”
“This means that from today and in the coming time there will be an increased military presence in and around Greenland of aircraft, ships and soldiers, including from other NATO allies,” Poulsen said.
Asked whether the European troop movements were coordinated with NATO or what role the U.S.-led military alliance might play in the exercises, NATO referred all questions to the Danish authorities. However, NATO is currently studying ways to bolster security in the Arctic.
The Russian embassy in Brussels on Thursday lambasted what it called the West's “bellicose plans” in response to “phantom threats that they generate themselves”. It said the planned military actions were part of an “anti-Russian and anti-Chinese agenda” by NATO.
“Russia has consistently maintained that the Arctic should remain a territory of peace, dialogue and equal cooperation," the embassy said.
Commenting on the outcome of the Washington meeting on Thursday, Poulsen said the working group was “better than no working group” and “a step in the right direction.” He added nevertheless that the dialogue with the U.S. did not mean “the danger has passed.”
The most important thing for Greenlanders is that they were directly represented at the meeting in the White House and that “the diplomatic dialogue has begun now,” Juno Berthelsen, a lawmaker for the pro-independence Naleraq opposition party, told AP.
A relationship with the U.S. is beneficial for Greenlanders and Americans and is “vital to the security and stability of the Arctic and the Western Alliance,” Berthelsen said. He suggested the U.S. could be involved in the creation of a coast guard for Greenland, providing funding and creating jobs for local people who can help to patrol the Arctic.
In Washington, Rasmussen and Motzfeldt also met with a bipartisan group of senators at the U.S. Capitol.
“We really appreciate that we have close friends in the Senate and the House as well,” Rasmussen told reporters, adding that Denmark would work to “accommodate any reasonable American requests” with Greenland.
There has been significant concern among lawmakers of both political parties that Trump could upend the NATO alliance by insisting on using military force to possess Greenland. Key Republicans lawmakers have pushed back on those plans and suggested that the Trump administration should work with Denmark to enhance mutual security in the Arctic.
Line McGee, 38, from Copenhagen, told AP that she was glad to see some diplomatic progress. “I don’t think the threat has gone away,” she said. “But I feel slightly better than I did yesterday.”
Trump, in his Oval Office meeting with reporters, said: “We’ll see how it all works out. I think something will work out.”
Niemann reported from Copenhagen, Denmark, and Ciobanu from Warsaw, Poland. Associated Press writers Stephen Groves and Michelle L. Price in Washington and Meg Kinnard in Columbia, South Carolina, contributed to this report.
From left, Greenland Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt, Danish and Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, stand with members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., and Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., amid President Donald Trump's ambitions to take control of Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of Denmark, during a meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Greenland's Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt speak at a news conference at the Embassy of Denmark, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
People walk on a street in Nuuk, Greenland, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
From center to right, Greenland Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt, Denmark's Ambassador Jesper Møller Sørensen, rear, and Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, right, arrive on Capitol Hill to meet with senators from the Arctic Caucus, in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
An Airbus A400M transport aircraft of the German Air Force taxis over the grounds at Wunstorf Air Base in the Hanover region, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026 as troops from NATO countries, including France and Germany, are arriving in Greenland to boost security. (Moritz Frankenberg/dpa via AP)
Fishermen load fishing lines into a boat in the harbor of Nuuk, Greenland, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Greenland Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt, left, and Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, arrive on Capitol Hill to meet with members of the Senate Arctic Caucus, in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)